The future of Kingdom Hearts

I've done this before just gonna list stuff

2. I can't imagine seeing KH3 any sooner than 2014 and thats if development has started already

3. Expect the official announcement made at TGS for either Kh3, HD remasters (maybe a plan to update 1+2 or even BBS) or one last spinoff to piss off the fans further (I actually had more fun with the spinoffs than KH2)

4. Predicting which console or consoles gets KH3 is really tricky since the end of the current generation will happen before this game is released so I'm gonna break it down (no bias I promise and since the only thing we know is no portables I won't include them):

a. Playstation 3: 80 percent chance: I believe this game is in development now and reading between the lines from various quotes from Nomura it will be PS3 with the only question being will it be out before PS Orbis or 4 or whatever it will be called is out and established

b. Xbox 360: 35 percent chance: This could happen I don't think it will though purely due to not one game has appeared on Microsoft consoles, it has better odds of getting one than ever before though

c. Wii: 0.1 percent: LOL no...............

d. Wii U: 50 percent: This only came to mind recently but it makes some sense since usually with rumors when there's smoke there's fire (the hd remasters coming to Wii U of the main games of the series) to an extent where I think if those come to fruition KH3 will be on Wii U as well as PS3 (no it won't be exclusive to Wii U)

e. Future consoles: Orbis 25 percent, Durango: 10 percent: Going this route as Nomura has said would mean a very long development cycle to learn how to make it and would be a mistake if you want KH3 before 2016

4. One last point is development may not be bad since FF Versus XIII is possibly taking KH elements so you can take some shortcuts like they did with 3D by taking BBS elements to speed development up

Edit 8/25

5. I've been thinking about the potential Remasters and due to the amount of games involved with the series now (a whopping 7 games) I have a few configurations in mind

A. The Main Titles version, if they are doing one and only making minor changes this should include KH1, KHRe:Com, KH2, and BBS, 4 games in the package isn't unheard of and you can potentially cut Re:CoM

B. A generational titles version, KH1 (hopefully final mix version) and BBS would be 1 versionthe second package would be KHRe:COM, KH2 (final mix version), and days (hopefully a remake)

Edit 10/13

Well I got the remaster configuration almost right with a generational titles version. Wrong games in the first mix but it certainly looks nice for a remaster. One last point on KH3 I'm now not sure at all when development will start since Final Fantasy XIII-3 (I don't care what the actual title is) randomly came up (I find it absurd that Final Fantasy XIII, which was a decent yet flawed game, manages to get 2 direct sequels while a FFVII remake/sequel is deemed to be too much work, VsXIII gets stuck in development hell, and KH3 might not have even started yet). The reason why I'm complaining about XIII-3 is like the other two XIII games this will get main priority and pull resources away from VsXIII again, which will in turn put off KH3 even longer.

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Good Thoughts

The thing is with SE, I've kinda lost faith in them alot recently. Not trying to sound like an ass or anything cause I do like them and will support them, but honestly they are taking waaay too long to release games. I've put them on my least anticipated list mainly cause their games are projected so far into the future that we don't know when we'll get KH3 or FFvs13( Of course that could change at TGS, but we'll see).

I know that a game company wants to put out a polished product, but this is ridiculous. It shouldn't take 6 plus years to put a game out. So many great rpgs have come out in that time that I am actually ok with it.

I agree

The KH series has been good lately with reaching release dates on time (namely since 2008 they have managed 1 title per year), but yes VsXIII is taking a fucking age to be released but to also be fair it should not have been announced in 2006 since it did not go into full production till last year, as for KH3 I hate to say it but it could be sitting in in VsXIII's old position (limited development before XIII and XIII-2 were done) now that its getting some resources but will not be really go into full production till VsXIII is done (its 2013 or its not coming at all imo). SE had been a lot worse, especially in the middle of the last generation (namely KH2 and FFXII) and early in this current generation by announcing 3 FFXIII games that didn't see 1 title release in 4 years. Since the KH spinoffs were announced (which I thought wouldn't see release for a minimum of 3-4 years to release 1 game much less all three in addition to announcing KH3D and releasing it less than 2 years after BBS) SE has been better with development time with VsXIII being the notable exception